Jill Rauscher School of Dance

Jill treated me terribly as a teenager which affected my self-​esteem at an age where it was already sensitive. She’s a vile human being. There are much better ballet schools in Clear Lake that will treat your child with respect. I only spent maybe one season with her.
I landed up dancing professionally after high school, so I know my way around rude directors, and Jill, by far, tops them and she teaches dance to children… she’s no director. If you want to train in order to prepare for a professional career, I suggest driving into the city and dancing with HB or Met. If you must stay in Clear Lake or are just looking to dance as an extra-​curricular, Evelyn Guster was a sweet woman (not sure if she’s still around) and Royal Ballet had politics, but they never treated their kids with unfounded contempt.
I will never understand why she treated me the way she did. Her students and teachers didn’t understand it either. Some of her teachers would teach me on the side and ask me not to say anything to her. Yeah, she was that awful to me! Noteworthy: I was the only person of color (we had White minorities, but that was about it). I can’t say for sure that’s why she disliked me, but looking back I can see why my mom thought that, too. Don’t risk damaging your children!